John Summit’s CTRL ESCAPE Show on Halloween was a Night to Remember

John Summit’s creative vision has come to life on a grand scale on the CTRL ESCAPE Arena Tour. Capital One Arena in Washington, DC transformed into a huge rave on Halloween night as John Summit stopped by on the seventh stop of his CTRL ESCAPE Arena Tour. Summit is an artist with an ambitious creative vision. The accountant-turned-global-superstar’s sophomore album, CTRL ESCAPE, and the accompanying tour brought that into full focus on a massive stage with heightened production. He took the stage dressed as a vampire by the name of Count Summit, because what’s more soul sucking than corporate America? He had an entourage of zombie backup dancers who started their performance trapped in a replica of an office that levitated off the ground. The structure appeared in and out of view throughout the night, and the dancers danced in the windows and clawed at the glass before ultimately escaping and joining Summit on the stage towards the end. During “Lights Go Out,” he had performance review sheets rain down on the crowd in lieu of confetti. At another point, he had a dance cam pan to different people in the crowd. If they were dancing, the screen was lit green and “hired” flashed across...